At 21,000, Season Ticket Sales Lag For UConn Football

DESMOND CONNER, dconner@courant.com

STORRS - UConn coach Bob Diaco has had an awful lot on his plate since he was hired in December.

One thing he wanted to do to help connect to fans was generate excitement for the program and get people into the Rentschler Field stands after a disastrous 3-9 2013 — when T.J. Weist replaced Paul Pasqualoni — followed a pair of 5-7 finishes.

There is no question the energetic Diaco can draw a crowd. He's had numerous well-attended speaking engagements, but perhaps the wounds of the previous three seasons are still too great.

Perhaps.

UConn has sold 21,000 season tickets for this season, school officials told The Courant Monday. The school will make another big push before the season begins at 42,000-seat Rentschler Field on Aug. 29 against BYU (ESPN, 7 p.m.).